Trachiniae, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 2; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator; London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1913.
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χαλκῆς ὅπως δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν.
καί μοι τάδʼ ἦν πρόρρητα καὶ τοιαῦτʼ ἔδρων·
685
τὸ φάρμακον τοῦτʼ ἄπυρον ἀκτῖνός τʼ ἀεὶ
θερμῆς ἄθικτον ἐν μυχοῖς σῴζειν ἐμέ,
ἕως νιν ἀρτίχριστον ἁρμόσαιμί που.
κἄδρων τοιαῦτα. νῦν δʼ, ὅτʼ ἦν ἐργαστέον,
ἔχρισα μὲν κατʼ οἶκον ἐν δόμοις κρυφῇ
690
μαλλῷ, σπάσασα κτησίου βοτοῦ λάχνην,
κἄθηκα συμπτύξασʼ ἀλαμπὲς ἡλίου
κοίλῳ ζυγάστρῳ δῶρον, ὥσπερ εἴδετε.
εἴσω δʼ ἀποστείχουσα δέρκομαι φάτιν
ἄφραστον, ἀξύμβλητον ἀνθρώπῳ μαθεῖν.
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τὸ γὰρ κάταγμα τυγχάνω ῥίψασά πως
τῆς οἰός, ᾧ προύχριον, ἐς μέσην φλόγα,
ἀκτῖνʼ ἐς ἡλιῶτιν· ὡς δʼ ἐθάλπετο,
ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον καὶ κατέψηκται χθονί,
μορφῇ μάλιστʼ εἰκαστὸν ὥστε πρίονος
700
ἐκβρώματʼ ἂν βλέψειας ἐν τομῇ ξύλου.
τοιόνδε κεῖται προπετές· ἐκ δὲ γῆς, ὅθεν
προύκειτʼ, ἀναζέουσι θρομβώδεις ἀφροί,
γλαυκῆς ὀπώρας ὥστε πίονος ποτοῦ
χυθέντος εἰς γῆν Βακχίας ἀπʼ ἀμπέλου.
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Δηιάνειρα
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ὥστʼ οὐκ ἔχω τάλαινα ποῖ γνώμης πέσω·
ὁρῶ δέ μʼ ἔργον δεινὸν ἐξειργασμένην.
πόθεν γὰρ ἄν ποτʼ, ἀντὶ τοῦ θνῄσκων ὁ θὴρ
ἐμοὶ παρέσχʼ εὔνοιαν, ἧς ἔθνῃσχʼ ὕπερ;
οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν βαλόντʼ ἀποφθίσαι
710
χρῄζων ἔθελγέ μʼ· ὧν ἐγὼ μεθύστερον,
ὅτʼ οὐκέτʼ ἀρκεῖ, τὴν μάθησιν ἄρνυμαι.
μόνη γὰρ αὐτόν, εἴ τι μὴ ψευσθήσομαι
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